Archipelagos · Sancti Spíritus
Cayos Machos de Tierra
Cayos Machos de Tierra is an island group at 21°40′44″N 79°48′28″W in Sancti Spíritus province.
Cayos Machos de Tierra: coast and water
1640 m at 215°: Bajo Agabama (shoal); 2340 m at 246°: Punta Manatí (point); 2460 m at 162°: Pasa de Los Machos de Tierra (channel); 3250 m at 46°: Bahía de San Pedro (bay); 4370 m at 9°: Playa Las Majaguas (beach); 4410 m at 41°: Punta San Pedro (point); 4500 m at 350°: Estero las Majaguas (marsh); 7930 m at 260°: Bajos Jobabo (shoal); 8380 m at 85°: Ensenada Golondrino (cove); 9300 m at 277°: Bajo Diamante (reef); 9830 m at 284°: Pasa Jobabo (channel); 10060 m at 251°: Fondeadero Blanco (anchorage); 10800 m at 242°: Canal del Oeste (channel); 11740 m at 291°: Punta Tabaco (point); 12190 m at 298°: Punta de Tierra (point); 12790 m at 298°: Punta Chocolate (point).
Cayos Machos de Tierra: islands
1890 m at 154°: Cayo Magua (island); 8230 m at 204°: Cayo Puga (island); 9240 m at 241°: Cayo Blanco de Casilda (island); 9730 m at 160°: Cayo Macho de Afuera (island); 11150 m at 292°: Cayo Tabaco (island); 12980 m at 288°: Cayo Guayo (island).
Cayos Machos de Tierra: inland
5510 m at 39°: San Pedro (stream); 7960 m at 6°: La María (locality); 7970 m at 353°: Ojo de Agua (hamlet); 7970 m at 353°: El Caracol (locality); 8040 m at 73°: Zúñiga (locality); 8350 m at 342°: La Josefa (locality); 8980 m at 28°: Manduley (locality); 9580 m at 335°: Cuyují (settlement); 9750 m at 91°: Higuanojo (stream); 10650 m at 23°: San Pablo (locality); 11030 m at 44°: Las Pitas (locality); 11180 m at 57°: Santa Apolonia (locality).
Cayos Machos de Tierra: distances
4290 m at 11°: Playa Las Majaguas; 19740 m at 292°: Playa Ancón; 20950 m at 296°: Casilda (Trinidad); 23050 m at 302°: Alberto Delgado Airport ; 83670 m at 309°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 20900 m at 293°: Marina Trinidad (Casilda) (marina).
Protected: 29160 m at 41°: Reserva Ecológica Lomas de Banao; 33730 m at 316°: Área Protegida Topes de Collantes; 38130 m at 323°: Guanayara.
Cayos Machos de Tierra: close by
1890 m at 154°: Cayo Magua (cay); 4400 m at 277°: Restinga Brava (reef); 8220 m at 204°: Cayo Puga (cay); 9230 m at 241°: Cayo Blanco de Casilda (cay); 9300 m at 277°: Bajo Diamante (reef); 9730 m at 160°: Cayo Macho de Afuera (cay); 11150 m at 292°: Cayo Tabaco (cay); 11710 m at 254°: Marisma (reef); 12990 m at 288°: Cayo Guayo (cay); 14430 m at 266°: Arrecifes La Víbora (reef); 16380 m at 274°: Arrecifes Las Mulatas (reef); 16600 m at 278°: Cabezos Las Mulatas (reef).
Cayos Machos de Tierra: on and around
Within 15 km: 2 farms & plantations, 2 stations & terminals, 1 coral reefs, 1 attractions.
9890 m at 161°: Cayo Macho (attractions); 14210 m at 336°: Delicias (stations & terminals); 14290 m at 349°: Araca (stations & terminals).
Cayos Machos de Tierra: marine life records
658 records of 86 species within 15 km, 2001 to 2026: 324 fish, 297 corals, 9 molluscs, 9 crustaceans, 7 seagrass and algae, 6 seabirds and shorebirds, 4 echinoderms, 2 marine mammals. That is 93.1 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Porites astreoides, 44 (corals); Acropora palmata, 36 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 35 (fish); Orbicella faveolata, 33 (corals); Sparisoma viride, 30 (fish); Scarus iseri, 29 (fish); Orbicella franksi, 29 (corals); Millepora complanata, 26 (corals); Acanthurus bahianus, 24 (fish); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 23 (fish); Chaetodon capistratus, 22 (fish); Agaricia agaricites, 19 (corals).
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Cayos Machos de Tierra: notes
Ask an operator which cays can be reached.
Getting to Cayos Machos de Tierra
- Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Blanco de Casilda stands about 9.0 km away.
Sources and data
Name and position: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) (record). Distances are straight-line measurements from these coordinates. Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar. Named places: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Positions from public gazetteers can be approximate, so confirm a location with a local operator before you travel.